Exodus 18:13 - And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
Exodus 18:14 - And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
Exodus 18:15 - And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:
Exodus 18:16 - When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them known the statutes of God, and his laws.
Exodus 18:17 - And Moses' father-in-law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
Exodus 18:18 - Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
Exodus 18:19 - Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to Godward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
Exodus 18:20 - And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
Exodus 18:21 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Exodus 18:22 - And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
Exodus 18:23 - If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
Exodus 18:24 - So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
Exodus 18:25 - And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus 18:26 - And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Exodus 18:27 - And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land. |
Proverbs 6:6 - Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs 6:7 - Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Proverbs 6:8 - Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Proverbs 6:9 - How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Proverbs 6:10 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs 6:11 - So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man. |
| Proverbs 13:4 - The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. |
| Habakkuk 2:2 - And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. |
Matthew 24:44 - Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Matthew 24:45 - Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Matthew 24:46 - Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Matthew 24:47 - Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
Matthew 24:48 - But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
Matthew 24:49 - And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
Matthew 24:50 - The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
Matthew 24:51 - And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. |
Mark 6:39 - And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
Mark 6:40 - And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
Mark 6:41 - And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. |
| Romans 12:11 - Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; |
| 1 Corinthians 14:40 - Let all things be done decently and in order. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:58 - Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. |